Senior Software Engineer - Machine Learning (Us Remote)

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Role:

As a Senior Software Engineer for our Machine Learning team you will be responsible for ensuring that the development of ML systems and services meets all technical and quality standards. You will work with software engineers, applied scientists, product managers and other technical teams within Splunk, implementing requirements and providing technical information related to this sophisticated ML Platform as needed.

Responsibilities:

You will:

• Work with a team of ML engineers, applied researchers and security researchers.
• Work in a multi-office, multi-location development environment; prior experience working with local and remote teams or groups will be a plus.
• Implement features, contribute to architecture decisions and mentor junior members within the team.

While expertise with ML products and their application within enterprise solutions is highly desirable, it is not required, provided you are willing to quickly come up to speed and you have some prior experience of ML technology and its application.

Requirements:

• Ability to communicate constructively with researchers and engineers from an academic background.
• Passionate about building and encouraging good engineering practices and processes such as continuous integration and deployment.
• 8+ years software development with focus on large scale distributed systems with a Bachelors degree; or 5+ years with a Master’s degree; or a 3+ years with a PhD.
• Some Machine Learning application development experience - this is NOT a data scientist role, but a services/platform development role.
• Experience developing and putting into production test automation and CI/CD systems.

Desired Skills (not required):

• Container deployment and orchestration technologies at scale, with understanding of the fundamentals including service discovery, deployments, monitoring, scheduling, load balancing.
• Expertise in developing software on a public cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Expert in one of the streaming platforms, preferably Flink.
• Strong background in building streaming applications or streaming analytics platforms.
• Expertise in Large Language Models (LLM) preferred.
• Experience with stream processing technology (Kafka, AWS Kinesis).

We value diversity at our company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.

For job positions in San Francisco, CA, and other locations where required, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Note: Splunk provides flexibility and choice in the working arrangement for most roles, including remote and/or in-office roles. We have a market-based pay structure which varies by location. Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location as set out below, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for incentive compensation and may be eligible for equity or long-term cash awards.

Benefits are an important part of Splunk's Total Rewards package. This role is eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, an ESPP and much more! Learn more about our comprehensive benefits and wellbeing offering at https://splunkbenefits.com.

Base Pay Range

SF Bay Area, Seattle Metro, and New York City Metro Area

Base Pay Range: $163,200.00 - 224,400.00 per year

California (excludes SF Bay Area), Washington (excludes Seattle Metro), Washington DC Metro, and Massachusetts

Base Pay Range: $148,000.00 - 203,500.00 per year

All other cities and states excluding California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York City Metro Area and Washington DC Metro Area.

Base Pay Range: $136,800.00 - 188,100.00 per year